David Wright (born 16 March 1951) was an Australian professional

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footballer of the 1970s. A Queensland state and Australia national representative forward, he played in the Brisbane Rugby League for the Brothers club and in England's Northern Rugby Football League for the

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club. Wright was born on 16 March 1951. He started playing football in the Brisbane Rugby League with the Brothers club. In July 1973 Wright was first selected to play for

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in the series against

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. After then winning

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’s best player award for the 1973 season he earned an off-season stint with English club,

, becoming player number 748. In February 1974 Wright played in Warrington's victory in the 1973–74 League Cup Final. In May 1974 Wright played at

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in London for Warrington in the final of the

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, in which they defeated Featherstone Rovers 24-9. After Wembley, he was to come back to Brisbane to play the rest of the season with Brothers, who had a new boss,

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. In January 1975 Wright played in Warrington's victory in the final of the 1974–75 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy. In June 1975 while still playing for Brothers Wright was first selected to play for the Australian national team in the

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against New Zealand, becoming Kangaroo No. 484. In 1976 Wright was selected in all three of Queensland's matches against New South Wales.

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